InstantRst

So, You'll see.

—InstantRst

A vim plugin for preview rst document instantly.

You can share the address through LAN too. (And, You should note, all the navigation/edit inside your rst wiki will be show on that address, if with InstantRst!)

riv.vim (vim) + InstantRst (web server) + rhythm.css (theme)

This is an intro for vim usage.

To use only the server, see instant-rst.py.

1   Install

1. Vim with Vundle or NeoBundle:

   NeoBundle 'Rykka/InstantRst'

2. Python:

# Got some issue on pypi
# sudo pip install instant-rst
sudo pip install https://github.com/Rykka/instant-rst.py/archive/master.zip

3. Curl:

sudo apt-get install curl

2   Commands

Inside a rst buffer.

:InstantRst[!]

Preview current buffer. Add ! to preview ALL rst buffer.

:StopInstantRst[!]

Stop Preview current buffer Add ! to stop preview ALL rst buffer.

3   Options

g:instant_rst_slow

Preview rst in fast or slow mode, default is 0. If your computer is a bit slow, set it to 1.

g:instant_rst_browser

Web browser for preview. default is ''. And then firefox will be used.

g:instant_rst_template

Directory where the template for rendered pages is located.

Defaults to using rhythm.css, that is bundled with the server.

g:instant_rst_static

Directory for static files used by the template. To be used together with g:instant_rst_template

Also defaults to the bundled rhythm.css

g:instant_rst_port

The port of webserver, default is 5676.

Then the server is at http://localhost:5676

And you can open it at your lan ip too.

If your vim is installed with '+py', then it will open at your lan ip.

like http://192.168.1.123:5676

g:instant_rst_localhost_only

Only use localhost, and disable lan ip

Whenever your vim has '+py'

g:instant_rst_forever

Always preview all rst buffer, default is 0.

g:instant_rst_bind_scroll

Bind scroll with browser.

When scrolling with Vim, The browser will scroll either.

default is 1

g:instant_rst_additional_dirs

Serve additional directories for previewing, default is an empty array [].

For example: ['/home/<my_user>/<my_rst_project>/images', '/home/<my_user>/<my_rst_project>/docs']

It requires the absolute path of the directory, and the last directory name is used in the server.

A request made to /images/cats/1.png will try to serve the file from /home/<my_user>/<my_rst_project>/images/cats/1.png

4   TODO

1. rst's inline image file contained are not displayed.

5   Related

This plugin is for Riv.vim.

which is a vim plugin for writing rst documents.

6   Issues

for debian user, you may need to install gevent manually

sudo apt-get install libevent-dev
sudo apt-get install python-all-dev
sudo pip install greenlet
sudo pip install gevent

7   CHANGELOG

0.9.8

add support for static file directory

8   License

MIT